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Nania vera Miq. 



Diagn. : Foliis brevi-petiolatis, inüorescentiis paree pubescenti- 

 bus, ealycis tubo subventricoso, staminibus uniserialibus, longis 

 rigide filiformibus circ. 20 mM. longis. 



Ramuli teretes crassi, cortice griseo, cicatricibus obtrigonis 

 vel semirotimdis dense obsessi gemmae lineares puberulae. 

 Folia opposita brevi-petiolata, elliptica vel lanceolata, acuta vel 

 sensim breviter acute acunrinata, basi acuta in petioluin de- 

 currentia, carnoso-coriacea nitida glaberrima, dilute viridia, 

 costa media subtus valde prominente pallidiore, dense reticulato- 

 venosa, nervis lateralibus tenuibus subimmersis, crebriusculis 

 patulis 3 — 5 mM. a se remotis, vena intramarginali vix con- 

 spicua conjunctis, dense pellucidi-punctata 90/35 — 120/58 mM. 

 Petioli supra plani marginati, basi incrassata in ramulum sub- 

 decurrentes. Corymbi axillares pedunculati folio breviores 5 — 

 13-floris, bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis. Flores mediocres, ealycis 

 turbinati vix puberuli tubus superne subventricoso-cupularis, 

 inferne in pedicelyum 6 — 10 mM. longum attenuatus limbus 

 4-dentatus; dentibus elongato-trigonis acutis ± 2 mM. longis 

 jam in alabastris parvis. Petala subrotunda 4 — 5 mM. diam. ; 

 basi lata sessilia villosula. Stamina singula serie margini disci 

 cupularis supra ovarium valde enserti inserta in alabastro 

 brevia incurva per anthesin valde elongata (± 20 mM.) patentia, 

 filamenta crasse filiformia, antherae basi-dorsofixae, oblongae, 

 antice per longitudinem dehiscentes dorso glandula minuta lutea 

 instructae. Ovarium basi calyci adnatum fere superum, 4-locu- 

 lare, ovulis in quoque loculo singula serie placentae subbasilari 

 prominulae affixis, erectis et subhorizontalibus. Capsula sub- 

 globosa disco crasso margine cum ealycis lobis reflexo suffulta, 

 ad basin usque loculicida dehiscens, valvis 4 — 3 divergentibus, 

 extus fuscis sublignosis, intus cum septo stramineis, placentis 

 solutis e centro erecto-persistentibus. Semina in singulam seriem 

 transversam disposita, basi affixa a lateribus compressa reni- 

 formia semi-orbicularia dorso incrassata, testa suberosa superne 

 in alam parvam crassam producta, tegmen tenui-membrana- 



